FOEKE BOOY

Foeke Booy

'Foeke Booy' (born April 25, 1964) is a Dutch former football player and a football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden.
Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of KV Kortrijk, Club Brugge and AA Gent. In his time with Brugge he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994 he played for FC Utrecht. However, a heavy knee injury made it almost impossible to play football at the highest level.
At the age of 34 he therefore decided to focus on a future as a coach. He coached the B-juniors of FC Utrecht, he had Young FC Utrecht under his wing and was assistant to the coach of the A-selection for two years. In 2002 he became technical manager and coach of FC Utrecht.
Foeke Booy is the most successful coach in the history of FC Utrecht. In his first year as a coach his team challenged for a European place for a long period but finally ended eighth with 47 points. The climax of the season 2002/2003 was the fact that FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup at Feyenoord's expense. The club from Rotterdam had been beaten in its own stadium 4-1.
In his second year as coach he saw some important names disappear from his selection, but FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup again and scored only one point less in the league than they did the year before. Last season Booy obtained the third main trophy with the club: Ajax were beaten at their own stadium, 4-2 in the match for the Johan Cruijff-schaal, the traditional game before the start of the season between the national champions and the Cup winners.

Contents
Career as player
Career as coach

Career as player


Period Club Country Competition
1980-1984 Cambuur Leeuwarden Eredivisie
1984-1985 De Graafschap Eredivisie
1985-1987 PEC Zwolle '82 Eredivisie
1987-1988 FC Groningen Eredivisie
1988-1989 KV Kortrijk Jupiler League
1989-1993 Club Brugge Jupiler League
1993-1994 K.A.A. Gent Jupiler League
1994-1996 FC Utrecht Eredivisie

Career as coach


Period Club Country Competitie Functie
2000-2002 FC Utrecht Eredivisie Assistant-Coach
2002-2007 FC Utrecht Eredivisie Coach
2007-Present Al-Nasr Eredivisie Coach


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